The New Internationalist unpicks the stitches that hold a worldwide icon together and finds - lurking behind the label - a pile of pesticides and toxins, the toil and tears of young women in sweatshops, and the calnking chains of retail megastores. It’s enough to turn your blue jeans green.

New Internationalist reports on issues of world poverty and inequality. We focus attention on the unjust relationship between the powerful and the powerless worldwide in the fight for global justice. More about our work